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What is Software Santa all about?

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Nobody Knows what "Open Source" Software IS, Let Alone that It Exists. In Addition, Software Santa has 11 years of Bookmarks to Free Sites and Other Resources - too many to print out or email. So: he keeps giving Presents ALL YEAR Around in the Spirit of Christmas Present(s)

Stellarium: Tour the Universe from your Armchair with Stellarium (Windows or Mac or Linux)

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Stellarium is a free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope. It is being used in planetarium projectors. Just set your coordinates and go.

* over 120,000 stars from the Hipparcos catalogue with info * asterisms and illustrations of the constellations * images of nebulae * realistic Milky Way * very realistic atmosphere, sunrise and sunset * the planets and their satellites

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* a powerful zoom * time control * multilingual interface * scripting to record and play your own shows * fisheye projection for planetarium domes * spheric mirror projection for your own dome * graphical interface and extensive keyboard control * telescope control